An awful lot can be said about the tournament held at Newport on Sunday the 16th of September and yet it would be hard to do justice to the sheer volume of work that was put into making it as special as it was. From the countless hours of marketing and acquiring of sponsors on the part of Keno Shaw to the terrific hospitality put on by Cathy McDonald and Shelley Cohen the foundations were laid. Adding to those efforts was the extremely generous donation by Tory Zweigle of an inspiring trophy and commemorative bowl.

Twenty-Eight rinks teams competed on greens which had been diligently groomed by our greens caretakers, Bruce and Ramiro to roll beautifully (and fast!).

The list of attendees was massive so please visit the Southwest Division page to see the list of competitors and finishers. For this entry, I really wanted to keep it simple and focus on the spirit of the day which was to have friendly competition and honor our country, its brave first-responders, and all those who worked so hard to make the day a special one.​